ELEVATE’s main aim is to develop new scientific insights to support the preparations of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and national climate policies focused on achieving net-zero emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. The project is developed by a transdisciplinary consortium of national and international climate research teams interacting actively with policymakers and other stakeholders in climate policy and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

​The project features the following contributions:

• Establish and facilitate strong interaction between researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders;

• Identify transformational policies to accelerate climate action beyond NDCs and towards net-zero by conducting a systematic assessment of the impact of current policies;

• Enhance the scientific understanding of the technological and behavioural options in different sectors;

• Identify options to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of international climate governance and policy;

• Represent justice and sustainability in climate mitigation pathways;

• Develop a new generation of national and global mitigation scenarios that focus on enabling factors;

• Develop consistent definitions of net-zero emission goals and identify milestones, drivers and barriers towards achieving these;

• Increase worldwide capacity for scientific support for climate change policies.